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The School Newspaper of Seminole High School

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The School Newspaper of Seminole High School

War Whoop Online

The School Newspaper of Seminole High School

School population adjusts to phone ban

School population adjusts to phone ban

Susana Payan-Quintana and Anaiah Beydoun September 26, 2025

After six weeks of the cellphone ban, both students and staff have adjusted to the loss of a form of communication.    “I think there’s been more discussion and human interaction,” math teacher...

Speech team

Speech team competes in first tournament

September 17, 2025

The speech team traveled to its first tournament at West Texas A&M on Sept. 13. Senior Kobe Cabello took first place in both dramatic interpretation and humorous interpretation. Senior Nehemiah...

STATE QUALIFIERS--SkillsUSA sophomore Destiny Neeld, seniors Adison Thomas and Kyra Giesbrecht will compete at nationals in Atlanta in June. The trio took first place in state for their promotional bulletin board.

Four SkillsUSA members advance to nationals

Dakota Reece, Staff Writer April 30, 2025

Four SkillsUSA members, seniors Nick Reyes, Kyra Giesbrecht, Adison Thomas and sophomore Destiny Neeld, qualified for nationals in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 23-27.  The students represent two state...

Overall region champions--(Back) Matthew Peters, Reese Dickson, Owen Adam, Kobe Cabello, Javen Gutierrez, Cooper Sales, Joey Penner, Elijah Lapusan, (third)  Susana Payan-Quintana, Mattie Hice, Clarissa Werdenberg, Leah Martin, Diana Reimer, Paityn Espinoza, Nehemiah McCoy, Geydis Cuesta Rodriguez, Eva Thiessen, Grace Howard, Peyton Casey, (second) Serena Wiebe, Rachel Rempel,, Sophie Guenther, Jazmin Conejo, Katelynn Alonzo, Kamryn Leblanc, Violet Barkis Robertson, Scarlett Ellison, Hannah Ortega, Debbie Giesbrecht , Amber Rosales, Mason Rochell, (first) Mia Cowan, Isaac Neudorf, Ethan Salazar, Anaiah Beydoun, Melissa Gutierrez Tarango, Olivia Hicks, Brett Boyles, Jack Chen, Kytzia Hermosillo Mendoza, Victoria Baros

UIL academic team take region championship

April 28, 2025

The  UIL academic team took the overall region championship on Saturday with 186 points after three days of competition at Texas Tech University.   Thirty-two students qualified for state competition....

Tops in Texas--Sophomore Sophie Guenther beat everyone in 4A with her sports action shot. She was then judged against the winners in all state divisions middle school through 6 A and was chosen as the top sports action photo in the state.

Publications win 67 awards in statewide competition

April 16, 2025

The publications staffs won 67 awards in statewide competition at the UIL's Interscholastic League Press Conference on April 12 in Austin. The 2024 Tepee yearbook took an Award of Distinguished Merit...

National speech qualifiers--Five students--junior Kobe Cabello, seniors Giana Critchfield, Owen Adam, Jenna Sales and Javen Gutierrez--will compete at the National Speech and Debate Association competition in Iowa in June.

Five speakers qualify for national competition

Kamryn Kirk, Staff Writer April 1, 2025

 With hard work and an end goal in mind, five speech performers qualified for National Speech and Debate Association competition in June. Senior Jenna Sales qualified in dramatic interpretation. with...

Brain bunch--UIL academic team scored over 400 points on March 26 to cement the overall championship.

UIL academics takes district championship

March 28, 2025

The UIL academic team took the district championship after the third portion of contests ended on March 26. Seminole scored over 600 points. The one-act play scored 54 points on March 20 as one of the...

Dr. Glen Teal
(courtesy of Jim Ned CISD)

School board names lone finalist for superintendent

March 25, 2025

The school board named Dr. Glen Teal as the lone finalist for the superintendent position at its March 24 meeting. Teal is currently the superintendent of Jim Ned Consolidated Independent School District. The...

Digitally-colorized, thin-section transmission electron microscopic image of a single measles virus particle...courtesy of Centers for Disease Control

SISD confirms six measles cases

March 4, 2025

With over 100 reported cases of the measles and at least one measles-related death, dozens of students are remote learning after being exposed to measles without vaccinations. "The recent challenges...

Few more things--UIL math Coach Anthony Newberry works with Junior Eva Thiessen and senior Olivia Hicks before competition at the Texas Tech meet on March 1.

Math teams set sights on state

Dakota Reece, Staff Writer March 3, 2025

  The UIL mathematics team has a goal, and it is to get back to state. UIL Coach Anthony Newberry would like more than just mathematics to go to Austin.    “The lofty goal is to have all three...

Prepped to win--Junior Serena Wiebe reads over literary terms before competing in literary criticism on March 1 at the Texas Tech "March Madness" UIL meet. Wiebe took first, and her team which included sophomore Anaiah Beydoun and junior Tristan Goodwin, took first overall as well.

Academic team wins sweepstakes at Tech ‘March Madness’ meet

March 3, 2025

The UIL academic team took sweepstakes at the Texas Tech "March Madness" meet on March 1. This was the final practice meet before district competition on March 26 in Monahans. In accounting, senior...

SkillsUSA competitors--(Back) Gabryl Alaniz, Brandon Nosek, Timothy Bergen, Garrant Hill, ((fourth) Tristian Cornet, Nehemiah Harvey, Zayne Wiebe, Alejandro Hernandez Perez, Genevieve Neudorf, Rachel Rempel, Kylie Peters, Destiny Neeld, (third) Nick Reyes, Jayziah Gutierrez, Annmarie Mares, Jazzelle Vela, Harley Hoffman, Gavryel Villalobos, Kimberly Klassen,  Susana Payan Quintana, Jelena Hiebert, (second) Yumalai Roblero Perez, Myranda Gonzalez, Maira Limones Gonzalez, Penelope Gonzalez Lopez, Yamileth Macias Unresti, Emily Rodriguez, Skylah Teichroeb, Myka Hernandez, Zariah Sanchez, Melissa Knelsen, Peyton Casey, Jose Gonzalez Aragonez, Britney Duong, Victoria Baros, Kaya George, Karoline Caballero, (front) Ayleen Mata Pando, Audiel Sanchez, Adriana Vazquez, Jaedyn Bailey, Margarita Leanos, Jayce Bear, Elizabeth Bear, Rebeca Burciaga Ramos, Kyra Giesbrecht, Isabella Rudder

SkillsUSA members qualify for state competition

February 25, 2025

Fifty-one SkillsUSA members qualified for state competition across 24 events at district contest in Odessa on Feb. 21-22. They will compete at state in Corpus Christi on April 2-5. First and second...

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